| Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||
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| Apr. 30, 2015  USD ($)  subsidiary  shares | Sep. 30, 2015  employee | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015  employee | Sep. 30, 2014 | |
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||
| Percentage of revenue from company's distributors | 14.00% | 30.00% | 14.00% | 28.00% | |
| Term of Invoice of the distributor | 30 days | ||||
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| Number of employees terminated | employee | 73 | 73 | |||
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| Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries (in subsidiary) | 2 | ||||
| Cash | $ | $ 111,125 | ||||
| Consideration issued in shares | shares | 20.4 | ||||
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